Monthly Archives: June 2008

It seems every time I give a presentation on Web tools one of the questions I’m asked by overwhelmed participants is – how do you find the time to keep up with everything? I give an off the top of my head answer, which, while truthful, doesn’t cover everything. I’m hoping writing about it will […]

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be included in a group of people who saw a sneak peek of the New WebJunction. I am so impressed with the social functionality of it. Think Facebook meets Linkedin meets online learning, incredible! It hasn’t been released yet, they are talking late summer, which is too bad because […]

Mobuis is a consortium of Missouri Libraries, predominately universities and colleges, with a few public libraries, like MRRL. It’s a relatively small conference aimed at academics, but so many things translate across the board – podcasting, social networking, improving your OPAC, etc. I was able to attend some great sessions, and like always I’m returning […]

Free and open source software = Benefits and hidden costs Stephen Pryor Tech mngr St. Louis University Free software – can do what you what – think free speech not free beer Open source software Who uses it? Approximately 87% of US organizations – Linux Why would you use free and open source software? No […]

I’m giving this presentation at the Mobius conference today, I wish I could say it’s somewhere exotic, but it’s just in at the Lake. Which means a lot of driving but no overnight stay for me. Connect with your patrons in the digital worldhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=connect-1212431802048663-8&stripped_title=connect-with-your-patron-in-the-digital View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. I’ll also be attending some […]